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BETTY C. BROWN

Graveside services for Betty Creson Brown, 74, of rural St. George, Kansas, a former long-time resident of West Helena will be held Friday, Sept. 3, 2004 at Calvary Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn. A Rosary will be held Thursday evening at Memphis Fumeral Home, Poplar Ave Chapel.
Brown, born Feb. 21, 1930 in Hickman, Ky., the daughter of Clyde L. and Lexie H. Crawawford Creson, died Aug. 29, 2004 at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. She has lived in the St. George area with her daughter since April of 2002.
She attended Phillips County Community College in Helena. Betty married Rego Thomas Brown on Nov. 5, 1948 in Hernando, Miss. and together they owned and operated a grocery store and small engine repair shop in West Helena. He preceded her in death, Feb. 3, 1987. She was a member of Saint Mary's Catholic Church in Helena and the Saint Mary's Altar Society.
She leaves two daughters, Rose Brown of Wamego, Kansas and Mary Heath and her husband Jerry, St. George; a sister, Jeanette Driver of Fernandino Beach, La., five grandchildren, Candace Adams, and her husband Jim, and Rebecca Albright Wamego, Kansas, Kerry Wuthrich and her husband, Marc and Lynette Richards both of Denver, Colo., John Heath of Killeen, Texas and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Autism/Asperger Syndrone Resource Center in Kansas City and may be sent in care of Stewart Funeral Home, P.O. Box 48, Wamego, KS. 66547.